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Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 20 at 10:54 a.m.
Thread: Hello
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>littlejerryseinfeld</b></div><div>Maybe I misjudged his value a tad, but why is he 7th in TOI for forwards? He's not even playing 16 mins a night.

Be happy to make it top 8 or 10 protected.

Nadeau is caught behind all of our prospects who are in the AHL like kulich and Rosen and many others. My guess is he has quite a strong 2nd pro season.</div></div>

Tortorella wasnt happy with Frost's 2 way play, so he was benched alot and then shifted around the lineup. Frost who is weak/average defensively only gets 15 minutes a game (but scores well above .5 ppg). But with Foerster, Tippett, Farabee, Koneckny, Cates, Coutturier, Laughton fighting for time in top 6 and Atkinson/Brink just outside top 7, Frost being 7th in TOI is about right.. And Tortorella plays most of his forwards 3rd line time (without PP, PK).

I just cant see a 4th round pick/playing in the ECHL as holding much value, (nor will he ever get the playing/development time in the BUF system to get any better) and a protected 1st TWO drafts away being enough.

Hard to say that Frost isnt worth Ostlund or a Kulich and a 2nd, as hes shown even in a defensive system he can get over .5ppg and has shown at the NHL level hes quality
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 20 at 7:58 a.m.
Thread: Addressing weaknesses
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>littlejerryseinfeld</b></div><div>We have a positive goal differential and have greatly improved our PK and overall goals against.

We simply have not scored goals, particularly on the power play.</div></div>

Very true, but injuries to Quinn and meshing hasnt worked too well.

Forgot about Krebs so went with Krebs instead of Blueger, although one of Dakota/Blueger is still a need.

Cates had a bad injury and hasnt scored much this year, but really its about the type of player.

Looking at the above, theres at least 3 LW, 3 RW, 3C who can put up pts and guys who can move up and down lineup as needed, with guys like Cates/Greenway/Dakota providing some physicality and 2 way play and mentor the newest young guys.

Pesce (while maybe underpaid, theres plenty of cap left), Clifton and MacDermis (8th dman) are there to clear crease and allow Byram/Power and Dahlin to rush the puck, with Johnson as a high quality 7th.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 20 at 7:43 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 20 at 7:21 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 20 at 7:15 a.m.
Thread: Leafs 24-25 Offseason Moves Win Now Scenario
ARZ turns down both those offers.

Jarnkrot is probably worth a 3rd at best, Robertson a low round 2nd, and a 3rd THREE drafts away? You're missing a 1st and 2 slightly better players.

Kampf is a slightly overpaid, hands of stone 4th line center and a 1st for a 25 yr old RD who has put up his 2nd 30+ pt campaign in 3 pro seasons (he gets a fairly insulting raise to 2.5mil)?

Just weak offers.

And Domi who has the singular UFA signing for Treliving that's actually delivered more than hes paid, isnt signing for less just for term. Hes on his 6th team in 8-9 years, and he'll get a raise

And UFAs (and their agents) generally dont take well under market deals for a year with a vague promise that theyll get more money on their next UFA contract from a team they've never played for
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 20 at 6:47 a.m.
Thread: Offseason
Schmidt is bad and a waste of 5.9mil, especially as Ellis is on LTIR

That defense just is poor. Drysdale on RD3? Belpedio? Investing almost 11mil in Schmidt and Walker?

Jarnkrot? Zegras isnt a C, hes more of a LW. Youre going to play 3rd/4th line muckers Jarnkrot/Joseph/DiGiuseppe/Lycksell over any number of younger better guys?

Yopu've made alot of moves to move up in draft and then turn around and trade 3 1sts, a 2nd rights to Zavagrin and 3 players for Zegras? Thats a laughably OVER offer.

No Andrae, Tuomaala, Attard, but Belpedio, and a bunch of muckers?

Not buying out Johansen and Petersen and wasting almost 7mil in cap by keeping them in minors?

Just not sure what youre doing, trading alot of fairly young assets and picks for middling players and then going all in on Zegras? Seems like a lot of muck and downgradesd across the entire team just to get your hands on Zegras. If Zegras at 5.7mil for 2 yrs is worth that package he must be MacDavid.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 19 at 11:02 a.m.
Thread: Where would the Pens be if Hextall didnt mess up 21-22 offseason
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Billy316</b></div><div>More like because 9/18 skaters are different they're not
All the changes but no rebuild just means a revolving door of bad decisions trying to stay relevant.
Need Proof? Look at TML as an example . Until they rebuilt truly there was no success as there was no Matthews,Marner,Reilly,Nylander, ext
TML sold off everyone from those rosters basically and ran out the contracts they couldnt move and after like 2 decade they made it to the 2nd round of the playoffs.
With the pieces they got they could do the same this year as well maybe even hit a ECF but its TML so i doubt it and they'll likely choke lol

Point is PIT isnt rebuilding its just wasting time, valuable time of many future HOFers
You got Great D you likely couldnt move for any value worth it in Karlsson/Letang
If PIT was smart they'd Trade Malkin and Crosby for a stock pile so by their 39th-40th birthdays as their Contracts expire they can come back to PIT for 1 final run.
Karlsson and Letang would have 2-3 years to whip the new guys into shape and make them contenders.

I know MTL would give up a decent return for Crosby but im sure others would too
Malkin at his cap even at his age would draw a lot of interest and likely a higher return cause of the low cap with term.
PIT could re-stock their top 6 completely if they do it right and draft well in that timeline.

Otherwise the final years of 4 All Star HOF NHLers is going to be a sad decline</div></div>

The final years are already looking sad. Two straight years out of playoffs, no youth in system, acquiring every has been/never weres to fill in organizational holes, etc....

The pieces that they have that have value are the pieces they will not move: Croxby, Malkin, letang, etc....because they view their history tied to them (similar to the NYI teams of the 1980s), and the team will limp along outside of the draft lottery AND outside the playoffs.
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 19 at 8:38 a.m.
Thread: Next year
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TMLBRIAN</b></div><div>I do agree with the lack of offence from the D group. Could always run with Timmins instead of Bush as well. Or sign Tyson Barrie to a low cap hit deal instead of Bush?

Rielly-Roy
McCabe-Tanev
Benoit-Barrie
Edmunson-Timmins

Barrie being a #6 would be fine. Especially paired with a guy like Benoit.</div></div>

I like Benoit, but hes so offensively limited. BUT he is the perfect guy for a Niemala.

Reilly needs a minute eating defensive partner like a Roy or Tanev. Tanev might come at a cheaper price, which allows for money to be spent on 2RD. (Or McCabe plays 2RD and you get an OEL (type))
McCabe is having a good year with the pts, but if Liljegren isn't the 2RD, thats the hole to address.
Timmins is too bad defensively to rely on, and hes in AHL or dumped

Reilly-Tanev
OEL-McCabe
Benoit-Niemala or Liljegren

(This is probably around 20mil, almost 5mil less than above)